Friday, July 26, 2013

Paint Party Friday

Hi guys,

First up I apologise for the long post, well it's long as I have lots of pics to show you. Well I've been so busy these last few weeks as I've picked up extra days at work at the school I've had back to back commissions and I'm getting ready for a Burlesque Bazaar so I've just been posting the odd photo of what I've been working on to my facebook I'm sorry I neglected my blog.

So here are a collection of things that have kept me very busy in the last month or so:

First up I have done some drawings and paintings of different expressions as I wanted to work on improving my portraits. This is a young Sean Connery :)

Next up is Miranda Hart! I LOVE her and her show and really enjoyed painting her quirky expression! :)

This next pencil drawing started off as a pic of Angelina Jolie but I got a bit carried away and she turned into something else :) but I still like it!

This is a portrait of a friend of mine that I painted. She is so photogenic that I couldn't resist putting her in one of my paintings.

This gorgeous beauty was a commission for a lady who loves cows!

Here are some beautiful art works by the kindergarten class. Last term i worked with them over quite some time and we concentrated on blending techniques with the oil pastels and how to use them properly. I also introduced them to abstract art with this Kandinsky inspired lesson where they created their own concentric circle pieces. They really had a ball with this project and I was so impressed! They all look fantastic on their classroom wall together!

In the next lesson we created a 3d piece using our Kandinsky circles, the kindergarteners folded the wings and stuck them on to the paper. These turned out wonderfully too!

There are some wonderful artists in Kindy!

Love the colours in this last one!

Here are a couple of portraits that I have made which I've turned into prints for my upcoming Burlesque Bazaar!

I've also been playing around with painting glass.......

Here are some bottle cap pendants that I made using prints of my recent work!

I'm so happy with these! :)

Last but not least is my latest commission! I had sooooo much fun with this one!

Phew!!!!! As you can see things have been a bit crazy busy for me lately but I wouldn't have it any other way! I love what I'm doing! :) Hope you are all having a great Friday!

21 comments:

Impressive...but my favorite part of all was being greeted by that amazing banner...wow she is fabulous!! So is everything here! So busy...many many beautiful pieces...love the idea of the necklaces too!! Good job!!!

Hi Nicola, thanks for coming over to my blog and for your lovely message :) I too am finding it difficult to blog visit as much as I used to and tend to use FB a lot as it's so much quickly to dip in and out of! You've been busy! There's some lovely work here, your portraits are great and the kindergarten paintings brilliant! I love Miranda, it must have been great fun to draw her. :)xx

I am in love with your incredible banner!!!! But the real doozer for me was the baby. awwwww so gorgeous. And the little charms, I can see why you like them so much. Marilyn is fantastic - as are all the rest. The expressions are terrific. Man, you are talented!!! HeArtfully Yours, Samara Happy PPF

What a gorgeous bunch of paintings - love the kinders paintings. Children are so innately talented - the world demanding perfection just sucks the desire to create out of us! You have been very busy - all beautiful

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I am an aspiring artist/illustrator who has a passion for children's book illustration. Recently I have found myself drawn to mixed media and now I'm discovering a whole new world of art that I've never tried before, I'm also making jewellery now some pendants are made from prints of original pieces and others are made from Japanese paper. I would love to learn more about jewellery making. Apart from being creative I'm also mum of two who recently decided that life is too short to dream about what you want to do, you just need to do it. I'm learning how to balance my creative time with two very energetic young boys and feel that I am finally taking baby steps to my dream but at least it's a start!